Program Overview

PAESAGGI CULTURALI E GESTIONE DEI CAMBIAMENTI

Program Details

• Code: Not specified
• Academic Year: 2025/2026
• CFU: Not specified
• Sector: ICAR/19
• Language: Italian
• Location: Genova
• Period: Annuale
• Modules: This course is a module of Esame Finale 1° Anno

Objectives and Contents

Educational Objectives (Detail) and Learning Outcomes

The course aims to introduce the concept of cultural landscape and its evolution in the international debate on heritage conservation, analyzing emblematic case studies that highlight challenges and good practices in managing the balance between protection and transformation. Through critical reflections on the management modalities of cultural landscapes in a context of accelerating environmental, social, and economic changes, students will gain specific skills.

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Understand and define the concept of cultural landscape, recognizing its theoretical and normative evolution in the context of cultural heritage conservation at an international level.
• Critically analyze case studies of cultural landscapes, identifying recurring challenges and effective strategies in the management of conservation and transformation processes, developing awareness of the tensions between protection, development, and participation.
• Use an interdisciplinary approach in interpreting cultural landscapes, with particular attention to planning tools, governance, and community involvement.

Teaching Methods

The course is held mainly through frontal lessons. The possibility of territorial visits will be evaluated.

Program/Content

The course covers the following macro-themes:

• Notions of landscape and cultural landscape.
• The UNESCO World Heritage Convention and the definition of the notion of Cultural Landscape.
• The European Landscape Convention.
• Cultural landscapes and the 20th century.

Texts/Bibliography

• UNESCO (1972) Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
• UNESCO (2011) Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape
• ICOMOS-IFLA (2017), ICOMOS-IFLA Principles concerning Rural Landscapes as Heritage
• ICOMOS-TICCIH (2011), Joint ICOMOS – TICCIH Principles for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage Sites, Structures, Areas and Landscapes (Dublin Principles)
• Council of Europe – CoE (2000) - Council of Europe Landscape Convention (ETS No. 176)
• M. Agnoletti (ed.) (2006). The conservation of cultural landscapes, CABI.
• R. Hermans, J. Kolen, H. Renes (eds.) (2015), Landscape Biographies. Geographical, Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on the Production and Transmission of Landscapes, Amsterdam University Press
• Pompejano F., Rocco S., Mauri S. (eds.) (2025), Perspectives and Insights on (post)Industrial Landscapes and Heritage, Edifir-Edizioni Firenze
• S. Settis (2010), Paesaggio, Costituzione, cemento. La battaglia per l'ambiente contro il degrado civile, Einaudi.
• S. Settis (2013), Il paesaggio come bene comune, La Scuola di Pitagora Editrice.
• G. Peghin, A. Sanna (eds.) (2012), Il Patrimonio urbano moderno. Esperienze e riflessioni per la Città del Novecento, Umberto Allemandi &C.

Teachers and Commissions

• Teacher: Federica Pompejano
• Office Hours: By appointment, to be scheduled by emailing the teacher.

Lessons

Start of Lessons

Lessons begin in November.

Lesson Schedule

The schedule for this course can be found on the EasyAcademy portal.

Exams

Exam Method

See the "Esame finale 1° anno" sheet.

Assessment Method

See the "Esame finale 1° anno" sheet.

Other Information

For additional information not included in the sheet, please contact the teacher.